Paper wreath-frame



A. SINGMAN AND D. SIMON.

PAPER WREATH FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, 1920.

1,354,627, Patented Oct. 5, 1920.

ALBERT SINGMAN AND DAVID SIMON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

PAPER WREATH-FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 5, 1920.

Application filed. June 10, 1920. Serial No. 387,953.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, ALBERT SINGMAN, a citizen of Russia, and DAVID SIMON, a citizen of the United States ofIAInerica, both residing at Philadelphia, Philadelphia county, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improve-- ments in Paper Wreath-Frames, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in frames or forms for wreaths or the like, one of the objects being to provide an inexpensive durable frame or form of light weight that will maintain its shape and resist any ordinary pressure tending to distort same.

In accordance with our invention, we form a frame or'form out of material that can be shaped by means of dies, preferably employing cardboard for this purpose, but other pliable material, such as celluloid or thin metal may be used.

To produce a durable structure that Will resist ordinary pressure, we form a frame or back-member by means of assembled rings, each ring being in the form of an annular channel, said channel being preferably semi-circular in cross section, or angular if desirable. Thering members will be held together by the decorating material forming the wreath proper, such for instance as natural or artificial flowers, paper, fabric or the like.

We will now described our invention in detail and finally claim the novel features thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 illustrates a blank before being shaped to produce one of the ring members used to form our improved wreath frame;

Fig. 2 illustrates one of the shaped ring.

members; and

Fig. 3 illustrates a sectional View of our complete frame or form.

Our invention is made up (in this instance) of two members 1 and 2 placed together to form a hollow ring. To form the members, we first produce a blank 3 such as is illustrated in Fig. 1 out of cardboard or the like, and place said blank, preferably dampened, or even wet, in a heated die arranged to transform the theretofore flat ring into channel formation. The action of the die will be to provide a channel 4, preferably semi-circular in cross section, or it may be made angular if desirable. After the blank has been acted upon by the die, a ring in the form of an annular or circular channel will have been produced. It requires two of said rings placed edge to edge to form a frame or form, as indicated in Fig. 3, the edges being indicated by 5. The form members 1 and 2 may be secured together by paper or fabric festooning flowers, or the like. The dotted lines in Fig. 3 are intended to illustrate flowers, etc., either natural or artificial, wound around the rings.

It will be evident that our improved frame will be durable, cheap and efficient, to say nothing of being comparatively strong.

What we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- A form or backing for wreaths or the like, consisting of a pair of semi-circular channeled members, placed edge to edge.

SLiAgned at Philadelphia, Pa, this 31st day of ay, 1920.

ALBERT SINGMAN. DAVID SIMON.

Witnesses:

DAVID KESSLER, SAMUEL LIPKIN. 

